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Basic Data

Volcano Number

Last Known Eruption

Elevation

LatitudeLongitude

315808

Pleistocene

100 m / 328 ft

58.03°N
136.33°W

Volcano Types

Cone

Tectonic Setting

IntraplateContinental crust (> 25 km)

Geological Summary

Mapped as Quaternary?; not likely present when glacial erosion formed inlet (Rossman 1959).

References

The following references have all been used during the compilation of data for this volcano, it is not a comprehensive bibliography.

Latter J H, 1975. The history and geography of active and dormant volcanoes. A worldwide catalogue and index of active and potentially active volcanoes, with an outline of their eruptions.. Unpublished manuscript, unpaginated.

Affiliated Sites

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EarthChem develops and maintains databases, software, and services that support the preservation, discovery, access and analysis of geochemical data, and facilitate their integration with the broad array of other available earth science parameters. EarthChem is operated by a joint team of disciplinary scientists, data scientists, data managers and information technology developers who are part of the NSF-funded data facility Integrated Earth Data Applications (IEDA). IEDA is a collaborative effort of EarthChem and the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS).